Articles By Anil Bhat
Bravehearts of Killer Squadron: Recalling Indian Navy’s 1971 Valour
By: Anil Bhat | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 30 Dec , 2021
President Ram Nath Kovind awarded the President’s Standard to the 22nd Missile Vessel Squadron, also known as the Killer Squadron of the Indian Navy, at an impressive ceremonial parade at Naval...
India needs to become Drone-Conscious to Counter Aerial Cross-Border Threats
By: Anil Bhat | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 07 Aug , 2021
Terrorism exported by Pakistan’s military to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) did not end with the abrogation of Article 370 – which had given limited autonomy to the then state – of the Indian...
India should consider a Surgical Strike rerun as Pakistan continues to...
By: Anil Bhat | Date: 24 Nov , 2020
Timed with Chinese forces’ aggressive moves/misadventures against the Indian Army in Eastern Ladakh since May, Pakistani forces stepped up the ceasefire violations/unprovoked firing and...
Corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board: A Strategic Necessity for India
By: Anil Bhat | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 26 Sep , 2020
An Empowered Group of Ministers has been constituted under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to oversee and guide the entire process of corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board...
It's going to be a long eyeball-to-eyeball standoff with China: But India is...
By: Anil Bhat | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 12 Sep , 2020
After exactly 53 years since September 1967, of being reactive on the ground to thousands of moves/attempts by China’s Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) trying its tricks to grab India’s...
What the India-Bangladesh military exercises signify
By: Anil Bhat | Date: 12 Mar , 2019
The eighth edition of Exercise ‘Sampriti’ (meaning love and attachment), part of the India Bangladesh defence cooperation programme, Sampriti-2019, is being conducted from March 2 to 15,...
Can India really talk to a duplicitous Pakistan?
By: Anil Bhat | Date: 23 Dec , 2018
There are several reasons behind Pakistan’s offers to provide a visa-free ‘Kartarpur Coridor’ for Sikh pilgrims and “peace talks” with India: Their terror proxies are being hit very hard...
Governor’s rule in J&K must take hard decisions - and act on them
By: Anil Bhat | Date: 05 Sep , 2018
Eid on August 22 in the Kashmir Valley was yet again a bloody one, with terrorists killing two Kashmiri Muslims. A policeman, Fayaz Ahmad Shah, who had come home to celebrate Eid with his family,...
Insulate Kashmiri youth from radicalisation; house militants in jails...
By: Anil Bhat | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 23 May , 2018
In early May 2018, separatists in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) directed their stone-pelters to target young school children and tourists. One child and one tourist were killed. While schools and...
Can Chabahar, India’s strategic gateway to Central Asia, trump Gwadar and...
By: Anil Bhat | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 01 Dec , 2017
India’s first shipment of wheat to Afghanistan through the Iranian port of Chabahar is a landmark move marking the operationalisation of the port as an alternative, reliable connection with...